Rule-Breaking in Silicon Valley Startup Culture
Entrepreneurs are rule-breakers: their stock-in-trade is convention-defying novelty. Does it matter which conventions they defy and, if so, are they defying the wrong ones? The legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart distinguished two socially-relevant senses of rule. The first sense
Rule-Breaking in Silicon Valley Startup Culture
Entrepreneurs are rule-breakers: their stock-in-trade is convention-defying novelty. Does it matter which conventions they defy and, if so, are they defying the wrong ones? The legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart distinguished two socially-relevant senses of rule. The first sense
Can Google’s Confidentiality Agreement Bar Writing Novels?
Can a confidentiality agreement go too far? A lawsuit brought under a California state statute permitting employees to sue on behalf of co-workers alleges that Google‘s employee confidentiality agreement violates California labor law by requiring employees to forgo communication with
Can Google’s Confidentiality Agreement Bar Writing Novels?
Can a confidentiality agreement go too far? A lawsuit brought under a California state statute permitting employees to sue on behalf of co-workers alleges that Google‘s employee confidentiality agreement violates California labor law by requiring employees to forgo communication with
Corporate Democracy: Are Apple’s New By-Laws Shareholder-Friendly Enough?
Shareholder democracy is different from political democracy. For example, its basic participation rule is one-share/one-vote, not one-person/one-vote. Another difference is that corporate democracy sees shareholders vote by way of proxies rather than the conventional ballots we encounter in political elections.
Corporate Democracy: Are Apple’s New By-Laws Shareholder-Friendly Enough?
Shareholder democracy is different from political democracy. For example, its basic participation rule is one-share/one-vote, not one-person/one-vote. Another difference is that corporate democracy sees shareholders vote by way of proxies rather than the conventional ballots we encounter in political elections.
Should Food Product Date Labeling Promote Consumer Safety or Curb Food Waste?
Food product date labeling that is intelligible to consumers emerged in the United States in the 1970s amidst concerns about food safety and freshness. That history is important because food safety and freshness continues to be the lens through which
Should Food Product Date Labeling Promote Consumer Safety or Curb Food Waste?
Food product date labeling that is intelligible to consumers emerged in the United States in the 1970s amidst concerns about food safety and freshness. That history is important because food safety and freshness continues to be the lens through which
Professionalism, Agency, & Market Failures
New from Business Ethics Quarterly. >>> Professionalism, Agency, and Market Failures, by Hasko von Kriegstein According to the market failures approach to business ethics, beyond-compliance duties can be derived by employing the same rationale and arguments that justify state regulation
Professionalism, Agency, & Market Failures
New from Business Ethics Quarterly. >>> Professionalism, Agency, and Market Failures, by Hasko von Kriegstein According to the market failures approach to business ethics, beyond-compliance duties can be derived by employing the same rationale and arguments that justify state regulation
Nooyi’s PepsiCo: Promoting Healthy Eating or Just Good PR?
Superficially, PepsiCo is a CSR dream. Led by an India-born woman who wears her cultural heritage proudly, the company both is a financial juggernaut and, through its evolving product mix, leading a crusade for “healthy” eating. However, as this Wall
Nooyi’s PepsiCo: Promoting Healthy Eating or Just Good PR?
Superficially, PepsiCo is a CSR dream. Led by an India-born woman who wears her cultural heritage proudly, the company both is a financial juggernaut and, through its evolving product mix, leading a crusade for “healthy” eating. However, as this Wall
Spot Ethics Problems Before They Happen
BEH co-editor Chris MacDonald was recently interviewed by the International Association of Business Communicators about the relationship between ethics and corporate communications, in particular with regard to avoiding but then when necessary dealing with ethical lapses. Here’s a snipped. The full
Spot Ethics Problems Before They Happen
BEH co-editor Chris MacDonald was recently interviewed by the International Association of Business Communicators about the relationship between ethics and corporate communications, in particular with regard to avoiding but then when necessary dealing with ethical lapses. Here’s a snipped. The full
Trump, Conflict of Interest, and Faith in Government
The blog post below argues that the real risk involved in having a president with active, ongoing business interests lies in the fact that it stands to reduce public faith in the decision-making of government as a whole. While the
Trump, Conflict of Interest, and Faith in Government
The blog post below argues that the real risk involved in having a president with active, ongoing business interests lies in the fact that it stands to reduce public faith in the decision-making of government as a whole. While the
Is the Mac App Store Too Scammer-Friendly?
Deception in sales is as old as commerce itself. It’s also alive and well in the Mac App Store. Apple’s Mac App Store has transformed the way we pay for, download, install, and upgrade software on Apple’s Macintosh computers. What
Is the Mac App Store Too Scammer-Friendly?
Deception in sales is as old as commerce itself. It’s also alive and well in the Mac App Store. Apple’s Mac App Store has transformed the way we pay for, download, install, and upgrade software on Apple’s Macintosh computers. What
Corporate Support for Local School: Win-Win CSR?
The story below is about a corporation lending substantial support — $1 million worth — to a local school that was to be closed. At first blush, at least, this seems like corporate social responsibility of the win-win kind: the
Corporate Support for Local School: Win-Win CSR?
The story below is about a corporation lending substantial support — $1 million worth — to a local school that was to be closed. At first blush, at least, this seems like corporate social responsibility of the win-win kind: the
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